game skeleton

internal/content/character/character.go

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+// Package character registers the game's characters.
+//
+// Tapes are characters too, not props — the wiki is explicit about it. They
+// have no body in the scene, so they carry no W/H and never appear in
+// Scene.Actors; their voice lives in the tape channel (see world.TapeSay).
+package character
+
+import (
+	inkwell "git.teletypegames.org/engines/inkwell"
+
+	"realworld/internal/world"
+)
+
+// Register adds every character to the game.
+func Register(w *world.World) {
+	for _, c := range []inkwell.Character{
+		paul(),
+		dex(),
+		mysteryTape(),
+		supportTape(),
+	} {
+		w.G.CharacterManager.Register(c)
+	}
+}

internal/content/character/dex.go

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+package character
+
+import (
+	inkwell "git.teletypegames.org/engines/inkwell"
+
+	"realworld/internal/names"
+	"realworld/internal/theme"
+)
+
+// dex is the personality imprint of a dead friend, permanently in slot 1 of
+// Paul's Armilla. Constant commentary, hint system, dialogue partner.
+func dex() inkwell.Character {
+	return inkwell.Character{
+		Name:        names.Dex,
+		SpeechColor: theme.Amber,
+	}
+}

internal/content/character/mystery_tape.go

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+package character
+
+import (
+	inkwell "git.teletypegames.org/engines/inkwell"
+
+	"realworld/internal/names"
+	"realworld/internal/theme"
+)
+
+// mysteryTape is the tape found in the alley — in truth Norman's Personal
+// Tape, but the player only learns that in the finale.
+//
+// Its voice is a colder, greyer amber than Dex's. That pays off in reverse:
+// it never once spoke in the same voice as the friend.
+func mysteryTape() inkwell.Character {
+	return inkwell.Character{
+		Name:        names.TapeMystery,
+		SpeechColor: theme.RGB(0xB9A98A),
+	}
+}

internal/content/character/paul.go

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+package character
+
+import (
+	inkwell "git.teletypegames.org/engines/inkwell"
+
+	"realworld/internal/names"
+	"realworld/internal/theme"
+)
+
+// paul is the player character: a junk dealer and street survivor, technically
+// competent, living on the edge of the city.
+func paul() inkwell.Character {
+	return inkwell.Character{
+		Name:  names.Paul,
+		Speed: 96,
+		W:     28,
+		H:     68,
+		Start: inkwell.Point{X: 120, Y: 232},
+		// Bone white: the world and Paul. If something is amber, a tape said
+		// it — see the colour rule in README.
+		SpeechColor: theme.Ink,
+	}
+}

internal/content/character/support_tape.go

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+package character
+
+import (
+	inkwell "git.teletypegames.org/engines/inkwell"
+
+	"realworld/internal/names"
+	"realworld/internal/theme"
+)
+
+// supportTape answers everything with basic information, insufferably. Dex
+// hates it. Acquired in Chinatown (beat 5) — not reachable yet.
+func supportTape() inkwell.Character {
+	return inkwell.Character{
+		Name:        names.TapeSupport,
+		SpeechColor: theme.RGB(0xE8C86A),
+	}
+}